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Nassau Coliseum

March 22, 2023

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, east of New York City. The Long Island venue is approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of Queens, and is also next to the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Nassau Coliseum
The Barn
The Old Barn
The Coli
Fort Neverlose
Nassau Coliseum in 2021
Nassau Coliseum
Location in New York State
Nassau Coliseum
Location in the United States
Address1255 Hempstead Turnpike
LocationUniondale, New York
Coordinates40°43′22″N 73°35′26″W / 40.72278°N 73.59056°W / 40.72278; -73.59056
Public transit Nassau Inter-County Express: N70, N71, N72[1]
OwnerNassau County
OperatorNassau Live Center, LLC
Executive suites32
CapacityBasketball: 14,500[2]
Ice hockey: 13,917
Tennis: 6,500
Concerts: 15,000
Theatre: 4,500
SurfaceMulti-surface
ScoreboardDaktronics Inc.
Construction
Broke groundJanuary 20, 1969 (1969-01-20)[3]
Built1969–1972
OpenedFebruary 11, 1972
Renovated2015–2017
Expanded1976, 1983, 2017
ReopenedMarch 31, 2017 (renovations)
Construction costUS$32 million
($236 million in 2021 dollars[4])
ArchitectWelton Becket and Associates
Structural engineerSeverud Associates
General contractorIrwin Schlef[3]
Tenants
New York Islanders (NHL) (1972–2015, 2018–2021)
New York Nets (ABA/NBA) (1972–1977)
New York Sets/Apples (WTT) (1974–1977)
Long Island Tomahawks (NLL) (1975)
New York Arrows (MISL) (1978–1984)
New York Express (MISL) (1986–1987)
New York Saints (NLL) (1989–2003)
Long Island Jawz (RHI) (1996)
New York Dragons (AFL) (2001–2008)
New York Titans (NLL) (2007)
Long Island Nets (NBAGL) (2017–present)
New York Open (ATP) (2018–2020)
New York Riptide (NLL) (2019–present)
Website
nassaulivecenter.com
The Coliseum prior to renovations in 2009

Opened in 1972,[5] the Coliseum occupies 63 acres (25 ha) of Mitchel Field, a former Army airfield, later an Air Force base. The facility is in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. The Coliseum is used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions and shows as well as trade shows—44,000 square feet (4,100 m2) at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center. In 2015, the arena was closed for a major renovation which was completed in April 2017.

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 2015 before moving to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. After the move was commercially unsuccessful, the team split its home schedule between Barclays and the renovated Coliseum from 2018 to 2020 and played the home portion of their 2020–21 season at the Coliseum, before moving to the new UBS Arena at Belmont Park for the 2021–22 season, which is also on Hempstead Turnpike, 7.7 miles (12.4 km) west of the Coliseum.

It was also the home of the New York Nets (now known as the Brooklyn Nets) of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 to 1977. In 2017, the venue became the new home of the Brooklyn Nets' NBA G League team, the Long Island Nets. Currently, the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League and the Nets serve as the building's main tenants.[6]

Sports

The Coliseum originally had a capacity of 13,000 to 15,000 depending on the event, and in the early 1980s the maximum capacity was increased to around 18,000. Before closing for renovations in 2015 the Coliseum seated 16,170 for hockey, up to 18,511 for concerts and 17,686 for boxing. Those renovations resulted in drastically reduced capacities: 13,917 for hockey and 14,500 for basketball.[7]

Ice hockey

The New York Raiders, intended by the fledgling World Hockey Association to be their flagship franchise, were slated to play in the new Nassau Coliseum in 1972–73. However, the Nassau County government did not consider the WHA a fully professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders.[8]

Nassau County retained William Shea to get an NHL team to play in the new building. The NHL responded by hastily awarding a franchise to Long Island—the New York Islanders—which forced the Raiders to play in Madison Square Garden, in the shadow of the New York Rangers.[9] On October 7, 1972, the first Islanders game in Nassau Coliseum was played as the Atlanta Flames visited the Islanders. Flames forward Morris Stefaniw scored the first NHL goal in the building at 6:56 of the first period, while Ed Westfall scored the first goal for the Islanders, as the Flames won the game 3–2. The first Islanders' home win at the arena was on October 12, 1972, where they defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–2. The Islanders' first playoff win at the arena came on April 20, 1975, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2. On April 22, 1976, the Islanders earned their first playoff series victory at the arena by defeating the Buffalo Sabres 3–2, and winning the series 4–2.[10]

On February 8, 1983, the arena hosted the 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game, during which Wayne Gretzky scored four goals in the third period and was honored as the game's most valuable player.[11]

The Islanders were 11–1 in Stanley Cup Finals games at the Coliseum. Their only loss was a 1–0 setback in Game 1 in 1984 to the Edmonton Oilers. Team's fans nicknamed the arena "Fort Neverlose" in honor of the team's strong home record during the finals.[12]

Nassau Coliseum hosted minor league hockey prior to the awarding of the Islanders franchise, an event that was brought back in 2005, when the Islanders-affiliated Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL) played two "home" games at the Coliseum in the absence of NHL hockey due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.[13] On April 17–18, 2009, the Sound Tigers played two of their home playoff games against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the team's home.

The Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum before moving to Barclays Center on April 25, 2015, beating the Washington Capitals 3–1 in Game 6 of the first round of the 2015 playoffs against the Washington Capitals forcing a Game 7, held in and won by Washington, ending the Islanders' first run at the Coliseum; in Game 6 Cal Clutterbuck of the Islanders scored the final NHL goal in the building, an empty netter at 19:07 of the third period.[14] On June 23, 2021, the Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum in a 3–2 overtime win in game 6 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, with Anthony Beauvillier scoring the overtime goal to force Game 7.[15] However, the Islanders lost Game 7, thus making Game 6 the last major league sporting event held there, and Beauvillier scored the last NHL goal ever in this arena.[16]

Basketball

The Coliseum was home to the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association, and later the National Basketball Association, from 1972 to 1977. The first event at the Coliseum was a Nets game against the Pittsburgh Condors on February 11, 1972.[17]

The Nets won two ABA Championships in the Coliseum, with Hall of Famer Julius Erving headlining the team. In 1973–74 the Nets defeated the Utah Stars in five games to capture their first title. The Nets then captured the final American Basketball Association Championship in 1976, defeating the Denver Nuggets in six games. Following the 1976 season the Nets joined the National Basketball Association as part of the ABA–NBA merger.[18] After their first season in the NBA, the Nets moved to New Jersey. The New Jersey Nets played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center before completion of the Meadowlands Arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.[18]

In NCAA Division I men's college basketball, the Coliseum hosted the ECAC Metro Region tournament organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) in 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981.[19][20][21][22][23] It also has hosted first- and second-round games of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1982, 1994, and 2001.[24][25][26]

On November 5, 2015, the Nets announced their new NBA D-League team, the Long Island Nets, would play at the renovated Coliseum starting in 2017 (the team played their first season at their parent team's home, the Barclays Center).[27][28]

Other sports

The Coliseum also hosted the New York Arrows and later the New York Express of the original Major Indoor Soccer League. The Arrows, which existed as a franchise from 1978 to 1984, won the first four MISL championships.[29] The short-lived New York Express played part of the 1986–87 season, ending operations before the All-Star break with financial troubles and a 3–23 record.[30]

The New York Sets of World Team Tennis played their first match at Nassau Coliseum on May 7, 1974, and won the WTT championships in 1976.[31] The team changed its name to the New York Apples for the 1977 season, and played 12 of its 22 home matches at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum, repeating as champions.[32] Prior to the 1978 season, the Apples announced that they would leave the Coliseum and play all their home matches in the Madison Square Garden complex.[33]

The Coliseum was home to the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League from 1989 to 2003.[34] In 2007, it was home to four of the New York Titans National Lacrosse League team's eight home games (along with Madison Square Garden).[35]

In 2000 and 2005, the Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series (originally Bud Light Cup) to the Coliseum.[36]

On February 24–25, 2006, the Coliseum hosted the 44th NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships. It was just the third time the annual event has been held on Long Island. Selling 17,755 tickets over three sessions, it broke (and still holds) the NYSPHSAA wrestling tournament attendance record.[37]

On July 19–20, 2014, the Global RallyCross Championship raced at the Nassau Coliseum parking lot.[38]

On July 22, 2017, the Coliseum hosted UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum.[39]

In February 2018, the Coliseum hosted the New York Open, an ATP 250 men's tennis tournament replacing the long-running Memphis Open.[40][41]

In 2019, the Coliseum became the home of the National Lacrosse League's New York Riptide.

Seating capacity

The seating capacity for hockey during the life of the arena has been:

  • 13,571 (1972–1973)[42]
  • 14,665 (1972–1973)[43][44]
  • 14,865 (1973–1976)
  • 15,317 (1976–1978)[45]
  • 14,995 (1978–1980)
  • 15,008 (1980–1981)
  • 15,230 (1982–1983)[46]
  • 15,850 (1983–1984)[47]
  • 16,002 (1984–1986)
  • 16,270 (1986–1987)
  • 16,297 (1987–2001)
  • 16,234 (2001–2009)
  • 16,250 (2009–2012)
  • 16,170 (2012–2015)
  • 13,917 (2017–present)[48][49]

Entertainment

Concerts

Elvis Presley performed four sold-out concerts at the Nassau Coliseum on June 22, 23 & 24, 1973. His last Coliseum appearance was on July 19, 1975. Six days following Presley's death, a summer tour was scheduled to begin at the Coliseum on August 22, 1977. Tickets for the show have become collectors items. Several of the songs included on The Beach Boys In Concert album were recorded at The Nassau Coliseum. The Beach Boys performed to a sold-out audience on June 14, 1974. Their tour promoted the recently released Holland album and featured a set list of recent songs as well as several of their early 60's hits. They were joined onstage by Elton John and Paul Simon for the encore performance. David Bowie performed a radio broadcast from there during his Isolar Tour, in support of the album Station to Station. A heavily circulated bootleg of the concert saw official release in 2010 as part of the 2010 reissue of the album, and in 2017 as a separate release, Live Nassau Coliseum '76. Queen played at the Coliseum on February 6, 1977, during their A Day at the Races Tour. The band used footage of their performance of "Tie Your Mother Down" in the song's promotional film.[50] They would return on November 19, 1978, on their Jazz Tour.

Led Zeppelin played three nights at the Nassau Coliseum on their 1975 North American Tour.[51] During the second night, February 13, Ronnie Wood of the Faces and The Rolling Stones joined the band for a rousing rendition of "Communication Breakdown." High quality soundboard recordings of the band's performances on February 13 and 14 have surfaced on bootlegs.[citation needed]

The Jacksons played a night at the coliseum as part of the Destiny World Tour on November 9, 1979, and played a night at the coliseum as part of the Triumph Tour too on August 7, 1981

Blue Öyster Cult recorded a live version of "Dr. Music" in Nassau Coliseum on December 30, 1981, that was subsequently released on the Extraterrestrial Live album in April 1982.

The Coliseum was one of only two venues in the United States where Pink Floyd mounted their limited run of shows for The Wall Tour. The group performed five concerts from February 24 through 28, 1980 one of which was filmed and only appeared as an underground tape. In August 1988, they recorded and filmed the Delicate Sound of Thunder over four nights at the Coliseum. They first played the venue in June 1975 on their Wish You Were Here Tour.[citation needed]

Live on Long Island 04–18–80 by The Marshall Tucker Band was the original lineup's final concert and the final recording of bassist and founding member Tommy Caldwell, who died just ten days later in an automobile accident. Tommy Caldwell is pictured on the album cover. The Coliseum album was the first to feature a complete concert from the original band. However, the album wasn't released until 26 years later. The band was touring in support of their album Tenth at the time, and the recording features the songs "It Takes Time" and "Cattle Drive" from that release as well as classics such as "Heard It in a Love Song", "Searchin' for a Rainbow" and "Can't You See".[citation needed]

Billy Joel has a "retired number" banner hanging from the rafters, along with those of Islander greats, to commemorate his many sold-out Coliseum shows. His "retired number" is 69. One of Joel's concerts from his 1982 tour at the Coliseum was recorded for a 1983 HBO concert special and VHS/Laser Disc release, Billy Joel: Live From Long Island.[52]

Bruce Springsteen has performed at the arena numerous times, most notably during a three-night stand in December 1980. A number of songs from these shows were part of his 1986 live album, Live/1975–85, and full recordings of the three performances were released between 2015 and 2021. The New Year's Eve show in particular is often regarded by fans as one of the greatest gigs of Springsteen's career.[53][54]

Supertramp performed at the Coliseum on their final tour with Roger Hodgson in 1983 in support of their ...Famous Last Words... album. Styx performed at the Coliseum on their final tour with the band's classic lineup in 1983 in support of their Kilroy Was Here album before guitarist Tommy Shaw quit towards the end of the tour (they also played on the Main Event/Pieces of Eight Tour, Grand Decathlon/Cornerstone Tour and Paradise Theatre tours as well prior to it). The 1986 live album Finyl Vinyl by Rainbow features a rendition of the song "Can't Happen Here" which was recorded at Nassau Coliseum in 1981.

The 1987 home video Cliff 'Em All features a rendition of the song "Master of Puppets" by Metallica, filmed at Nassau Coliseum on April 28, 1986 (while the band was opening a show for Ozzy Osbourne).[citation needed]

The Spice Girls performed 2 sold-out shows on February 6 and 7, 2008 as part of their Return of the Spice Girls Tour.

 
Mail-ordered Grateful Dead concert tickets for their spring 1994 Nassau Coliseum run

Both The Grateful Dead and Phish frequently played the Coliseum, concerts yielding live albums in both cases: Go to Nassau, Wake Up to Find Out, Dick's Picks Volume 13, Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It, Spring 1990 (album), Spring 1990 (The Other One) by the Dead; and three installments of the Live Phish Series—4–2–98, 4–3–98 and 2-28-03. The Grateful Dead holds the record for the most performances at the venue by a single act with 42 total shows. A banner was raised during a 2019 Dead & Company show commemorating the 44 combined performances by the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company.[55]

Genesis' performance at the Coliseum on November 29, 1981 (during the band's Abacab Tour) was recorded and filmed for the band's Three Sides Live album and concert video plus radio broadcast.

Frank Zappa played his final U.S. show on March 25, 1988[56] at the Coliseum. He was joined onstage by his son, Dweezil Zappa, for the concert's encores.

Pink Floyd performed between August 19 and 23, 1988, on their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour. The majority of the subsequent live double album Delicate Sound of Thunder was recorded during these shows.

In March 1990, the country supergroup The Highwaymen performed at the Coliseum. Their performance was recorded and was released on VHS in 1991.

On June 11–13, 1990, Madonna performed three sold-out shows at Nassau Coliseum on her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990 which totaled an attendance of 51,000 patrons with a gross of $1.5 million.

From June 19 to June 23, 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour played at Nassau.

The inside sleeve to Morrissey's 1992 album Your Arsenal was shot at a performance at the Coliseum on November 11, 1991.[citation needed]

Professional wrestling

Nassau has been a mainstay of WWE for over 30 years, and has hosted Raw and SmackDown many times, including the taping of a SmackDown episode where professional wrestler Droz suffered a (untelevised) career-ending injury in 1999. On August 25, 2002, SummerSlam was hosted at the Coliseum. On April 10, 2017, the renovated Coliseum hosted its first episode of Raw.[57] In October 2018, the Coliseum hosted Evolution, the promotion's first all-women's pay-per-view event.[58]

The Coliseum hosted the opening leg of WrestleMania 2 on April 7, 1986. As part of an ambitious plan to host WrestleMania from three separate venues (also used were the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena), 16,585 fans saw 4 live matches at the Coliseum with the rest of the event shown to the audience by closed-circuit television. The main event at the Nassau leg was a boxing match between Rowdy Roddy Piper and tough-guy actor Mr. T.[59]

The Nassau Coliseum also hosted several editions of now-defunct WCW's Monday Nitro.[60][61] The Coliseum was the only Tri-State area venue the Southern-based WCW was allowed to hold events.

In film

Scenes for the 2007 movie Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were filmed at the arena.[62]

Redevelopment

The Coliseum was the second-oldest arena in active use by a National Hockey League team (after nearby Madison Square Garden), and until the return of the Winnipeg Jets to the league at the 15,004-seat Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, was the smallest arena in the NHL by total seating capacity.[63] The arena had been considered obsolete for many years, and various Islanders owners tried to replace it.

The Lighthouse Project

Main article: The Lighthouse Project

Team and county officials announced in 2004 a plan called The Lighthouse Project to renovate the Coliseum. The project's centerpiece was a 60-story tower that would look like a lighthouse. Other plans included new housing, athletic facilities, a minor league baseball stadium, restaurants, and a hotel. The project would also add trees, water and other natural elements to the area.[64]

On August 14, 2007, Islanders owner Charles Wang and the Lighthouse Development Group partnered with Rexcorp to create a new plan. The 60-story "lighthouse" evolved into two 31-story buildings connected by a footbridge at the top. The project was transformed from a simple renovation of the Coliseum property into a 150-acre (0.61 km2) transformation of surrounding properties. Plans called for more 2,000 residential units (20% affordable housing), a hotel, a convention center, a sports technology center, 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of retail space, and a sports complex next to the renovated Coliseum. The overall project was slated to cost roughly $3.75 billion.[65]

Construction was not planned to begin until at least mid-2009. Nassau County approved the Lighthouse Project in 2006 on a 16–2 vote, and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was completed after a state-mandated environmental review.[65] The Lighthouse Project was then expected to go before the Town of Hempstead for approval on a change in land zoning.[66] However, the approval was never granted. After the October 2009 deadline passed, the Long Island Press reported the Lighthouse Project's cancellation.[67] Wang has denied the report.[68]

In May 2010, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon had discussions with Wang about constructing an arena for the Islanders near Citi Field. Wilpon has also discussed buying the Islanders.[69] In June 2010, the FanHouse website reported Jeff and Fred Wilpon, the owner of the Mets, began working with real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle (who also worked on Madison Square Garden's latest renovation) on a feasibility study of a new Islanders arena in Queens.[70] However, a source from Newsday indicated the FanHouse report was not true.[71] There were also reports businessman Nelson Peltz wanted to buy the Islanders and move them to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.[72]

2011 proposal to replace arena

 
View of the Coliseum's seating during an Islanders game in 2009

On July 12, 2010, Town Supervisor Kate Murray (R-Hempstead) announced an "alternate zone" for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property that downsized the Lighthouse Project to half its proposed size and made the project, according to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and the developers, "economically unviable for both the developer and owner of the site." As a result, Wang, Mangano and the developers decided they would no longer pursue the project.[73]

On May 11, 2011, the Islanders and Nassau County executives announced that county residents would vote on a referendum for approval of a $400 million public bond issue for a new plan to replace the Coliseum. The plan, including the construction of a new $350 million arena as well as a $50 million minor league baseball ballpark nearby, was presented by Wang as a last-ditch effort to keep the Islanders on Long Island.[74] However, voters in Nassau County rejected a proposal by a 57% to 43% margin on August 1, 2011.

On October 24, 2012, the Islanders announced the team would move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn after their lease expired at the end of the 2014–2015 season.[75] The Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum on April 25, 2015, beating the Washington Capitals 3–1 in Game 6 of the first round of the playoffs against the Washington Capitals forcing a Game 7, held in and won by Washington, ending the Islanders' run at the Coliseum; in Game 6 Cal Clutterbuck of the Islanders scored the final NHL goal in the building, an empty netter at 19:07 of the third period.[14]

Renovation

Not long after the Islanders announced their move to Brooklyn, Forest City Enterprises, the owner of Barclays Center, was chosen to perform a study on development possibilities for the Nassau Coliseum site.[76] A request for proposal was issued as a result of this study to transform the arena into a smaller sized venue and its surrounding parking lot into an entertainment hub with theaters, sports bars, and retail.

Four competing proposals were submitted in May 2013,[77] and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano selected two finalists in July 2013, including one from a group led by Forest City Ratner. Ratner's proposal called for a reduction of the Coliseum's capacity to 13,000 seats and a revamp of the arena's interior and concrete facade designed by SHoP Architects, the firm which designed the Barclays Center, which would cost the group approximately $89 million. As part of his bid, the Islanders would play 6 games per season in the arena, the Brooklyn Nets would play one exhibition game, and a minor league hockey team would call the arena home.[78][79]

On August 15, 2013, Nassau County announced Forest City had won the bid for the renovation of the Nassau Coliseum and the surrounding property, pending approval from the Nassau legislature and zoning changes from the Hempstead town government.[80][81] The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved the bid on September 24, 2013.[82]

Billy Joel performed the arena's final pre-renovation concert on August 4, 2015.[83]

On April 5, 2017, a Billy Joel concert was the arena's first post-renovation event. Other acts that performed during the new Coliseum's opening week include Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, Idina Menzel, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, and Marc Anthony.[84]

On November 4, 2016, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment reached a naming rights deal with New York Community Bank. The cost of the naming rights and the agreement's length were not disclosed.[85] The deal with the county mandated the inclusion of "Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum" in the arena's name; the naming rights were initially announced as having named the venue "Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum presented by New York Community Bank",[86] but this was later revised to NYCB Live: Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.[87]

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Coliseum on May 21, 2017.[88] This was their only show at Nassau Coliseum post-renovation.

Belmont Park arena and Islanders’ temporary return

 
Islanders warmups prior to a 2019 game at the renovated Coliseum.

In late January 2017, Bloomberg News reported via internal sources that Barclays Center was considering dropping the Islanders due to poor attendance and their effects on the venue's profits. The venue has received a poor reception as a hockey arena due to poor sight lines and ice conditions, as Barclays was primarily designed as a basketball arena. Newsday reported that Nassau County executive Edward Mangano had met with Islanders co-owner Jonathan Ledecky, and he told the paper the Islanders could return to the renovated Nassau Coliseum.[27][28] These reports were further elaborated by Long Island Association president Kevin Law in April 2017, who stated that Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (who manages both venues) was preparing to offer a relocation plan to the team. Law felt that the alternate option of seeking a new arena in Belmont Park was redundant to the renovated Coliseum.[89] The Islanders played a preseason game against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 17, 2017, their first appearance at the renovated Coliseum.[90]

The renovation project reduced the capacity of the arena to 13,900, a level which was believed to be unsustainable for an NHL team; in comparison, the Islanders' average attendance at Barclays was 12,059, the lowest in the NHL (Barclays Center was the second-smallest arena in the NHL based on seating capacity at 15,795, which was around 400 seats fewer than the Coliseum pre-renovation).[91][92][93] As such, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman felt that returning was not a "viable option" for the Islanders, but noted that the team was "in the process of evaluating what makes the most sense for the franchise and particularly for their fans."[93]

In December 2017, New York Arena Partners (a venture of the Islanders, Oak View Group, and Sterling Equities) won a bid to construct a new, 18,000-seat arena and mixed-use district at Belmont Park, beating a competing proposal by New York City FC for a new soccer stadium. The new arena opened for the 2021–22 season.[94][95]

In January 2018, Islanders owner Jon Ledecky revealed on WFAN's Boomer and Gio that he had toured the renovated Coliseum with Bettman and other senior NHL officials. They assessed that the Islanders could play a limited schedule of home games at the Coliseum, but that it would not be sustainable as a full-time venue because of its capacity and diminished amenities (such as few corporate suites) over other newly built arenas.[96] On January 23, 2018, it was reported that Barclays Center was pushing for a short-term lease under which the Islanders would split their home games between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum until the Belmont Park arena is completed, with the number of games at the Coliseum steadily increasing for each year of the arrangement.[92]

On June 21, 2018, it was announced that the Islanders would play a portion of their home schedule at the Coliseum until the completion of the new arena, with 12 games moved in the 2018–19 season.[97] The number of games during the 2018–19 season at the Coliseum was later increased to 20.[98]

The Islanders used the Coliseum as their home rink during the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs but moved back to the Barclays Center for the rest of the 2019 playoffs.[99]

In September 2019, it was announced that in the 2019–20 season, the Islanders would play 28 of their 41 home games at the Coliseum.[100] On February 29, 2020, state governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the Islanders would play any home playoff games of the 2020 playoffs and all 2020–21 season home games at the Coliseum.[101] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHL season was suspended and continued in a bio-secure bubble later in the year, with the Islanders playing most of their playoff games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto before traveling to Rogers Place in Edmonton for the Eastern Conference finals (their first conference finals appearance since 1993).[102]

The Islanders played their final game at the renovated Coliseum on June 23, 2021, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup semifinals. Anthony Beauvillier scored the final goal of the Islanders' second stint at the Coliseum.[103] However, the Lightning would win Game 7 in Tampa to end the Islanders' season.[104]

New leaseholder

In June 2020, Mikhail Prokhorov, whose company ran the Nassau Coliseum, announced that the arena would be closed indefinitely while it sought new investors to take it over and assume the remaining debt[105] as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[106] NYCB pulled out of its naming rights contract in late August 2020.[87]

In August 2020, Nassau Coliseum's lease was taken over by Nassau Live Center, LLC, which is headed by a Florida-based businessman Nick Mastroianni II, whose company was responsible for the loan to help with the renovation of the arena.[106][107][108] The new leaseholder agreed to let the Islanders play their home games in the arena, but the Islanders moved to UBS Arena in 2021.

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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum or simply the Nassau Coliseum is a multi purpose indoor arena in Uniondale New York east of New York City The Long Island venue is approximately 7 miles 11 km east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of Queens and is also next to the Meadowbrook Parkway Nassau ColiseumThe BarnThe Old BarnThe ColiFort NeverloseNassau Coliseum in 2021Nassau ColiseumLocation in New York StateShow map of New YorkNassau ColiseumLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesAddress1255 Hempstead TurnpikeLocationUniondale New YorkCoordinates40 43 22 N 73 35 26 W 40 72278 N 73 59056 W 40 72278 73 59056Public transitNassau Inter County Express N70 N71 N72 1 OwnerNassau CountyOperatorNassau Live Center LLCExecutive suites32CapacityBasketball 14 500 2 Ice hockey 13 917Tennis 6 500Concerts 15 000Theatre 4 500SurfaceMulti surfaceScoreboardDaktronics Inc ConstructionBroke groundJanuary 20 1969 1969 01 20 3 Built1969 1972OpenedFebruary 11 1972Renovated2015 2017Expanded1976 1983 2017ReopenedMarch 31 2017 renovations Construction costUS 32 million 236 million in 2021 dollars 4 ArchitectWelton Becket and AssociatesStructural engineerSeverud AssociatesGeneral contractorIrwin Schlef 3 TenantsNew York Islanders NHL 1972 2015 2018 2021 New York Nets ABA NBA 1972 1977 New York Sets Apples WTT 1974 1977 Long Island Tomahawks NLL 1975 New York Arrows MISL 1978 1984 New York Express MISL 1986 1987 New York Saints NLL 1989 2003 Long Island Jawz RHI 1996 New York Dragons AFL 2001 2008 New York Titans NLL 2007 Long Island Nets NBAGL 2017 present New York Open ATP 2018 2020 New York Riptide NLL 2019 present Websitenassaulivecenter wbr comThe Coliseum prior to renovations in 2009 Opened in 1972 5 the Coliseum occupies 63 acres 25 ha of Mitchel Field a former Army airfield later an Air Force base The facility is in the Town of Hempstead within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code The Coliseum is used for sporting events concerts large exhibitions and shows as well as trade shows 44 000 square feet 4 100 m2 at the main arena 60 000 at the Expo Center In 2015 the arena was closed for a major renovation which was completed in April 2017 The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League NHL played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 2015 before moving to Barclays Center in Brooklyn After the move was commercially unsuccessful the team split its home schedule between Barclays and the renovated Coliseum from 2018 to 2020 and played the home portion of their 2020 21 season at the Coliseum before moving to the new UBS Arena at Belmont Park for the 2021 22 season which is also on Hempstead Turnpike 7 7 miles 12 4 km west of the Coliseum It was also the home of the New York Nets now known as the Brooklyn Nets of the American Basketball Association ABA and National Basketball Association NBA from 1972 to 1977 In 2017 the venue became the new home of the Brooklyn Nets NBA G League team the Long Island Nets Currently the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League and the Nets serve as the building s main tenants 6 Contents 1 Sports 1 1 Ice hockey 1 2 Basketball 1 3 Other sports 1 4 Seating capacity 2 Entertainment 2 1 Concerts 2 2 Professional wrestling 2 3 In film 3 Redevelopment 3 1 The Lighthouse Project 3 2 2011 proposal to replace arena 3 3 Renovation 3 4 Belmont Park arena and Islanders temporary return 3 5 New leaseholder 4 References 5 External linksSports EditThe Coliseum originally had a capacity of 13 000 to 15 000 depending on the event and in the early 1980s the maximum capacity was increased to around 18 000 Before closing for renovations in 2015 the Coliseum seated 16 170 for hockey up to 18 511 for concerts and 17 686 for boxing Those renovations resulted in drastically reduced capacities 13 917 for hockey and 14 500 for basketball 7 Ice hockey Edit The New York Raiders intended by the fledgling World Hockey Association to be their flagship franchise were slated to play in the new Nassau Coliseum in 1972 73 However the Nassau County government did not consider the WHA a fully professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders 8 Nassau County retained William Shea to get an NHL team to play in the new building The NHL responded by hastily awarding a franchise to Long Island the New York Islanders which forced the Raiders to play in Madison Square Garden in the shadow of the New York Rangers 9 On October 7 1972 the first Islanders game in Nassau Coliseum was played as the Atlanta Flames visited the Islanders Flames forward Morris Stefaniw scored the first NHL goal in the building at 6 56 of the first period while Ed Westfall scored the first goal for the Islanders as the Flames won the game 3 2 The first Islanders home win at the arena was on October 12 1972 where they defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3 2 The Islanders first playoff win at the arena came on April 20 1975 where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 On April 22 1976 the Islanders earned their first playoff series victory at the arena by defeating the Buffalo Sabres 3 2 and winning the series 4 2 10 On February 8 1983 the arena hosted the 35th National Hockey League All Star Game during which Wayne Gretzky scored four goals in the third period and was honored as the game s most valuable player 11 The Islanders were 11 1 in Stanley Cup Finals games at the Coliseum Their only loss was a 1 0 setback in Game 1 in 1984 to the Edmonton Oilers Team s fans nicknamed the arena Fort Neverlose in honor of the team s strong home record during the finals 12 Nassau Coliseum hosted minor league hockey prior to the awarding of the Islanders franchise an event that was brought back in 2005 when the Islanders affiliated Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League AHL played two home games at the Coliseum in the absence of NHL hockey due to the 2004 05 NHL lockout 13 On April 17 18 2009 the Sound Tigers played two of their home playoff games against the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins at the Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport Connecticut the team s home The Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum before moving to Barclays Center on April 25 2015 beating the Washington Capitals 3 1 in Game 6 of the first round of the 2015 playoffs against the Washington Capitals forcing a Game 7 held in and won by Washington ending the Islanders first run at the Coliseum in Game 6 Cal Clutterbuck of the Islanders scored the final NHL goal in the building an empty netter at 19 07 of the third period 14 On June 23 2021 the Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum in a 3 2 overtime win in game 6 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals against the Tampa Bay Lightning with Anthony Beauvillier scoring the overtime goal to force Game 7 15 However the Islanders lost Game 7 thus making Game 6 the last major league sporting event held there and Beauvillier scored the last NHL goal ever in this arena 16 Basketball Edit The Coliseum was home to the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association and later the National Basketball Association from 1972 to 1977 The first event at the Coliseum was a Nets game against the Pittsburgh Condors on February 11 1972 17 The Nets won two ABA Championships in the Coliseum with Hall of Famer Julius Erving headlining the team In 1973 74 the Nets defeated the Utah Stars in five games to capture their first title The Nets then captured the final American Basketball Association Championship in 1976 defeating the Denver Nuggets in six games Following the 1976 season the Nets joined the National Basketball Association as part of the ABA NBA merger 18 After their first season in the NBA the Nets moved to New Jersey The New Jersey Nets played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center before completion of the Meadowlands Arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex 18 In NCAA Division I men s college basketball the Coliseum hosted the ECAC Metro Region tournament organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference ECAC in 1978 1979 1980 and 1981 19 20 21 22 23 It also has hosted first and second round games of the NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament in 1982 1994 and 2001 24 25 26 On November 5 2015 the Nets announced their new NBA D League team the Long Island Nets would play at the renovated Coliseum starting in 2017 the team played their first season at their parent team s home the Barclays Center 27 28 Other sports Edit The Coliseum also hosted the New York Arrows and later the New York Express of the original Major Indoor Soccer League The Arrows which existed as a franchise from 1978 to 1984 won the first four MISL championships 29 The short lived New York Express played part of the 1986 87 season ending operations before the All Star break with financial troubles and a 3 23 record 30 The New York Sets of World Team Tennis played their first match at Nassau Coliseum on May 7 1974 and won the WTT championships in 1976 31 The team changed its name to the New York Apples for the 1977 season and played 12 of its 22 home matches at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum repeating as champions 32 Prior to the 1978 season the Apples announced that they would leave the Coliseum and play all their home matches in the Madison Square Garden complex 33 The Coliseum was home to the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League from 1989 to 2003 34 In 2007 it was home to four of the New York Titans National Lacrosse League team s eight home games along with Madison Square Garden 35 In 2000 and 2005 the Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series originally Bud Light Cup to the Coliseum 36 On February 24 25 2006 the Coliseum hosted the 44th NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships It was just the third time the annual event has been held on Long Island Selling 17 755 tickets over three sessions it broke and still holds the NYSPHSAA wrestling tournament attendance record 37 On July 19 20 2014 the Global RallyCross Championship raced at the Nassau Coliseum parking lot 38 On July 22 2017 the Coliseum hosted UFC on Fox Weidman vs Gastelum 39 In February 2018 the Coliseum hosted the New York Open an ATP 250 men s tennis tournament replacing the long running Memphis Open 40 41 In 2019 the Coliseum became the home of the National Lacrosse League s New York Riptide Seating capacity Edit The seating capacity for hockey during the life of the arena has been 13 571 1972 1973 42 14 665 1972 1973 43 44 14 865 1973 1976 15 317 1976 1978 45 14 995 1978 1980 15 008 1980 1981 15 230 1982 1983 46 15 850 1983 1984 47 16 002 1984 1986 16 270 1986 1987 16 297 1987 2001 16 234 2001 2009 16 250 2009 2012 16 170 2012 2015 13 917 2017 present 48 49 Entertainment EditConcerts Edit Elvis Presley performed four sold out concerts at the Nassau Coliseum on June 22 23 amp 24 1973 His last Coliseum appearance was on July 19 1975 Six days following Presley s death a summer tour was scheduled to begin at the Coliseum on August 22 1977 Tickets for the show have become collectors items Several of the songs included on The Beach Boys In Concert album were recorded at The Nassau Coliseum The Beach Boys performed to a sold out audience on June 14 1974 Their tour promoted the recently released Holland album and featured a set list of recent songs as well as several of their early 60 s hits They were joined onstage by Elton John and Paul Simon for the encore performance David Bowie performed a radio broadcast from there during his Isolar Tour in support of the album Station to Station A heavily circulated bootleg of the concert saw official release in 2010 as part of the 2010 reissue of the album and in 2017 as a separate release Live Nassau Coliseum 76 Queen played at the Coliseum on February 6 1977 during their A Day at the Races Tour The band used footage of their performance of Tie Your Mother Down in the song s promotional film 50 They would return on November 19 1978 on their Jazz Tour Led Zeppelin played three nights at the Nassau Coliseum on their 1975 North American Tour 51 During the second night February 13 Ronnie Wood of the Faces and The Rolling Stones joined the band for a rousing rendition of Communication Breakdown High quality soundboard recordings of the band s performances on February 13 and 14 have surfaced on bootlegs citation needed The Jacksons played a night at the coliseum as part of the Destiny World Tour on November 9 1979 and played a night at the coliseum as part of the Triumph Tour too on August 7 1981Blue Oyster Cult recorded a live version of Dr Music in Nassau Coliseum on December 30 1981 that was subsequently released on the Extraterrestrial Live album in April 1982 The Coliseum was one of only two venues in the United States where Pink Floyd mounted their limited run of shows for The Wall Tour The group performed five concerts from February 24 through 28 1980 one of which was filmed and only appeared as an underground tape In August 1988 they recorded and filmed the Delicate Sound of Thunder over four nights at the Coliseum They first played the venue in June 1975 on their Wish You Were Here Tour citation needed Live on Long Island 04 18 80 by The Marshall Tucker Band was the original lineup s final concert and the final recording of bassist and founding member Tommy Caldwell who died just ten days later in an automobile accident Tommy Caldwell is pictured on the album cover The Coliseum album was the first to feature a complete concert from the original band However the album wasn t released until 26 years later The band was touring in support of their album Tenth at the time and the recording features the songs It Takes Time and Cattle Drive from that release as well as classics such as Heard It in a Love Song Searchin for a Rainbow and Can t You See citation needed Billy Joel has a retired number banner hanging from the rafters along with those of Islander greats to commemorate his many sold out Coliseum shows His retired number is 69 One of Joel s concerts from his 1982 tour at the Coliseum was recorded for a 1983 HBO concert special and VHS Laser Disc release Billy Joel Live From Long Island 52 Bruce Springsteen has performed at the arena numerous times most notably during a three night stand in December 1980 A number of songs from these shows were part of his 1986 live album Live 1975 85 and full recordings of the three performances were released between 2015 and 2021 The New Year s Eve show in particular is often regarded by fans as one of the greatest gigs of Springsteen s career 53 54 Supertramp performed at the Coliseum on their final tour with Roger Hodgson in 1983 in support of their Famous Last Words album Styx performed at the Coliseum on their final tour with the band s classic lineup in 1983 in support of their Kilroy Was Here album before guitarist Tommy Shaw quit towards the end of the tour they also played on the Main Event Pieces of Eight Tour Grand Decathlon Cornerstone Tour and Paradise Theatre tours as well prior to it The 1986 live album Finyl Vinyl by Rainbow features a rendition of the song Can t Happen Here which was recorded at Nassau Coliseum in 1981 The 1987 home video Cliff Em All features a rendition of the song Master of Puppets by Metallica filmed at Nassau Coliseum on April 28 1986 while the band was opening a show for Ozzy Osbourne citation needed The Spice Girls performed 2 sold out shows on February 6 and 7 2008 as part of their Return of the Spice Girls Tour Mail ordered Grateful Dead concert tickets for their spring 1994 Nassau Coliseum run Both The Grateful Dead and Phish frequently played the Coliseum concerts yielding live albums in both cases Go to Nassau Wake Up to Find Out Dick s Picks Volume 13 Spring 1990 So Glad You Made It Spring 1990 album Spring 1990 The Other One by the Dead and three installments of the Live Phish Series 4 2 98 4 3 98 and 2 28 03 The Grateful Dead holds the record for the most performances at the venue by a single act with 42 total shows A banner was raised during a 2019 Dead amp Company show commemorating the 44 combined performances by the Grateful Dead and Dead amp Company 55 Genesis performance at the Coliseum on November 29 1981 during the band s Abacab Tour was recorded and filmed for the band s Three Sides Live album and concert video plus radio broadcast Frank Zappa played his final U S show on March 25 1988 56 at the Coliseum He was joined onstage by his son Dweezil Zappa for the concert s encores Pink Floyd performed between August 19 and 23 1988 on their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour The majority of the subsequent live double album Delicate Sound of Thunder was recorded during these shows In March 1990 the country supergroup The Highwaymen performed at the Coliseum Their performance was recorded and was released on VHS in 1991 On June 11 13 1990 Madonna performed three sold out shows at Nassau Coliseum on her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990 which totaled an attendance of 51 000 patrons with a gross of 1 5 million From June 19 to June 23 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour played at Nassau The inside sleeve to Morrissey s 1992 album Your Arsenal was shot at a performance at the Coliseum on November 11 1991 citation needed Professional wrestling Edit Nassau has been a mainstay of WWE for over 30 years and has hosted Raw and SmackDown many times including the taping of a SmackDown episode where professional wrestler Droz suffered a untelevised career ending injury in 1999 On August 25 2002 SummerSlam was hosted at the Coliseum On April 10 2017 the renovated Coliseum hosted its first episode of Raw 57 In October 2018 the Coliseum hosted Evolution the promotion s first all women s pay per view event 58 The Coliseum hosted the opening leg of WrestleMania 2 on April 7 1986 As part of an ambitious plan to host WrestleMania from three separate venues also used were the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 16 585 fans saw 4 live matches at the Coliseum with the rest of the event shown to the audience by closed circuit television The main event at the Nassau leg was a boxing match between Rowdy Roddy Piper and tough guy actor Mr T 59 The Nassau Coliseum also hosted several editions of now defunct WCW s Monday Nitro 60 61 The Coliseum was the only Tri State area venue the Southern based WCW was allowed to hold events In film Edit Scenes for the 2007 movie Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were filmed at the arena 62 Redevelopment EditThe Coliseum was the second oldest arena in active use by a National Hockey League team after nearby Madison Square Garden and until the return of the Winnipeg Jets to the league at the 15 004 seat Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg was the smallest arena in the NHL by total seating capacity 63 The arena had been considered obsolete for many years and various Islanders owners tried to replace it The Lighthouse Project Edit Main article The Lighthouse Project Team and county officials announced in 2004 a plan called The Lighthouse Project to renovate the Coliseum The project s centerpiece was a 60 story tower that would look like a lighthouse Other plans included new housing athletic facilities a minor league baseball stadium restaurants and a hotel The project would also add trees water and other natural elements to the area 64 On August 14 2007 Islanders owner Charles Wang and the Lighthouse Development Group partnered with Rexcorp to create a new plan The 60 story lighthouse evolved into two 31 story buildings connected by a footbridge at the top The project was transformed from a simple renovation of the Coliseum property into a 150 acre 0 61 km2 transformation of surrounding properties Plans called for more 2 000 residential units 20 affordable housing a hotel a convention center a sports technology center 500 000 square feet 46 000 m2 of retail space and a sports complex next to the renovated Coliseum The overall project was slated to cost roughly 3 75 billion 65 Construction was not planned to begin until at least mid 2009 Nassau County approved the Lighthouse Project in 2006 on a 16 2 vote and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was completed after a state mandated environmental review 65 The Lighthouse Project was then expected to go before the Town of Hempstead for approval on a change in land zoning 66 However the approval was never granted After the October 2009 deadline passed the Long Island Press reported the Lighthouse Project s cancellation 67 Wang has denied the report 68 In May 2010 Mets COO Jeff Wilpon had discussions with Wang about constructing an arena for the Islanders near Citi Field Wilpon has also discussed buying the Islanders 69 In June 2010 the FanHouse website reported Jeff and Fred Wilpon the owner of the Mets began working with real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle who also worked on Madison Square Garden s latest renovation on a feasibility study of a new Islanders arena in Queens 70 However a source from Newsday indicated the FanHouse report was not true 71 There were also reports businessman Nelson Peltz wanted to buy the Islanders and move them to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn 72 2011 proposal to replace arena Edit View of the Coliseum s seating during an Islanders game in 2009 On July 12 2010 Town Supervisor Kate Murray R Hempstead announced an alternate zone for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property that downsized the Lighthouse Project to half its proposed size and made the project according to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and the developers economically unviable for both the developer and owner of the site As a result Wang Mangano and the developers decided they would no longer pursue the project 73 On May 11 2011 the Islanders and Nassau County executives announced that county residents would vote on a referendum for approval of a 400 million public bond issue for a new plan to replace the Coliseum The plan including the construction of a new 350 million arena as well as a 50 million minor league baseball ballpark nearby was presented by Wang as a last ditch effort to keep the Islanders on Long Island 74 However voters in Nassau County rejected a proposal by a 57 to 43 margin on August 1 2011 On October 24 2012 the Islanders announced the team would move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn after their lease expired at the end of the 2014 2015 season 75 The Islanders played their final game at the Coliseum on April 25 2015 beating the Washington Capitals 3 1 in Game 6 of the first round of the playoffs against the Washington Capitals forcing a Game 7 held in and won by Washington ending the Islanders run at the Coliseum in Game 6 Cal Clutterbuck of the Islanders scored the final NHL goal in the building an empty netter at 19 07 of the third period 14 Renovation Edit Not long after the Islanders announced their move to Brooklyn Forest City Enterprises the owner of Barclays Center was chosen to perform a study on development possibilities for the Nassau Coliseum site 76 A request for proposal was issued as a result of this study to transform the arena into a smaller sized venue and its surrounding parking lot into an entertainment hub with theaters sports bars and retail Four competing proposals were submitted in May 2013 77 and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano selected two finalists in July 2013 including one from a group led by Forest City Ratner Ratner s proposal called for a reduction of the Coliseum s capacity to 13 000 seats and a revamp of the arena s interior and concrete facade designed by SHoP Architects the firm which designed the Barclays Center which would cost the group approximately 89 million As part of his bid the Islanders would play 6 games per season in the arena the Brooklyn Nets would play one exhibition game and a minor league hockey team would call the arena home 78 79 On August 15 2013 Nassau County announced Forest City had won the bid for the renovation of the Nassau Coliseum and the surrounding property pending approval from the Nassau legislature and zoning changes from the Hempstead town government 80 81 The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved the bid on September 24 2013 82 Billy Joel performed the arena s final pre renovation concert on August 4 2015 83 On April 5 2017 a Billy Joel concert was the arena s first post renovation event Other acts that performed during the new Coliseum s opening week include Stevie Nicks The Pretenders Idina Menzel Lionel Richie Mariah Carey and Marc Anthony 84 On November 4 2016 Brooklyn Sports amp Entertainment reached a naming rights deal with New York Community Bank The cost of the naming rights and the agreement s length were not disclosed 85 The deal with the county mandated the inclusion of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in the arena s name the naming rights were initially announced as having named the venue Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum presented by New York Community Bank 86 but this was later revised to NYCB Live Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 87 Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Coliseum on May 21 2017 88 This was their only show at Nassau Coliseum post renovation Belmont Park arena and Islanders temporary return Edit Islanders warmups prior to a 2019 game at the renovated Coliseum In late January 2017 Bloomberg News reported via internal sources that Barclays Center was considering dropping the Islanders due to poor attendance and their effects on the venue s profits The venue has received a poor reception as a hockey arena due to poor sight lines and ice conditions as Barclays was primarily designed as a basketball arena Newsday reported that Nassau County executive Edward Mangano had met with Islanders co owner Jonathan Ledecky and he told the paper the Islanders could return to the renovated Nassau Coliseum 27 28 These reports were further elaborated by Long Island Association president Kevin Law in April 2017 who stated that Brooklyn Sports amp Entertainment who manages both venues was preparing to offer a relocation plan to the team Law felt that the alternate option of seeking a new arena in Belmont Park was redundant to the renovated Coliseum 89 The Islanders played a preseason game against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 17 2017 their first appearance at the renovated Coliseum 90 The renovation project reduced the capacity of the arena to 13 900 a level which was believed to be unsustainable for an NHL team in comparison the Islanders average attendance at Barclays was 12 059 the lowest in the NHL Barclays Center was the second smallest arena in the NHL based on seating capacity at 15 795 which was around 400 seats fewer than the Coliseum pre renovation 91 92 93 As such NHL commissioner Gary Bettman felt that returning was not a viable option for the Islanders but noted that the team was in the process of evaluating what makes the most sense for the franchise and particularly for their fans 93 In December 2017 New York Arena Partners a venture of the Islanders Oak View Group and Sterling Equities won a bid to construct a new 18 000 seat arena and mixed use district at Belmont Park beating a competing proposal by New York City FC for a new soccer stadium The new arena opened for the 2021 22 season 94 95 In January 2018 Islanders owner Jon Ledecky revealed on WFAN s Boomer and Gio that he had toured the renovated Coliseum with Bettman and other senior NHL officials They assessed that the Islanders could play a limited schedule of home games at the Coliseum but that it would not be sustainable as a full time venue because of its capacity and diminished amenities such as few corporate suites over other newly built arenas 96 On January 23 2018 it was reported that Barclays Center was pushing for a short term lease under which the Islanders would split their home games between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum until the Belmont Park arena is completed with the number of games at the Coliseum steadily increasing for each year of the arrangement 92 On June 21 2018 it was announced that the Islanders would play a portion of their home schedule at the Coliseum until the completion of the new arena with 12 games moved in the 2018 19 season 97 The number of games during the 2018 19 season at the Coliseum was later increased to 20 98 The Islanders used the Coliseum as their home rink during the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs but moved back to the Barclays Center for the rest of the 2019 playoffs 99 In September 2019 it was announced that in the 2019 20 season the Islanders would play 28 of their 41 home games at the Coliseum 100 On February 29 2020 state governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the Islanders would play any home playoff games of the 2020 playoffs and all 2020 21 season home games at the Coliseum 101 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the NHL season was suspended and continued in a bio secure bubble later in the year with the Islanders playing most of their playoff games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto before traveling to Rogers Place in Edmonton for the Eastern Conference finals their first conference finals appearance since 1993 102 The Islanders played their final game at the renovated Coliseum on June 23 2021 defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3 2 in overtime of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup semifinals Anthony Beauvillier scored the final goal of the Islanders second stint at the Coliseum 103 However the Lightning would win Game 7 in Tampa to end the Islanders season 104 New leaseholder Edit In June 2020 Mikhail Prokhorov whose company ran the Nassau Coliseum announced that the arena would be closed indefinitely while it sought new investors to take it over and assume the remaining debt 105 as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic 106 NYCB pulled out of its naming rights contract in late August 2020 87 In August 2020 Nassau Coliseum s lease was taken over by Nassau Live Center LLC which is headed by a Florida based businessman Nick Mastroianni II whose company was responsible for the loan to help with the renovation of the arena 106 107 108 The new leaseholder agreed to let the Islanders play their home games in the arena but the Islanders moved to UBS Arena in 2021 References Edit Transportation to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2019 Retrieved April 7 2019 NYCB Live About Us NYCB Live September 29 2019 Retrieved December 23 2020 a b Hirshon Nicholas 2010 NYCB Live Images of America Charleston South Carolina Arcadia Publishing ISBN 978 0 7385 7357 1 1634 1699 McCusker J J 1997 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States Addenda et Corrigenda PDF American Antiquarian Society 1700 1799 McCusker J J 1992 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States PDF American Antiquarian Society 1800 present Federal 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